THE WASTE OF DAYLIGHT.
(TO TUE EDITOR OF THE -sescra.rea.i
SIE,—You can see the west face of the church clock at 6 o'clock early in February even on the Moray Firth. Why not begin by adding ten minutes on the last Sunday in January,—sunrise, 28th, at 7.48; February 4th, sunrise 7.38? Add ten minutes every Sunday for nine Sundays. Surely this would be more in harmony with the silent growth of light and heat than a jump of twenty minutes every week. Moreover, there would be less dislocation for those who had neglected to keep time with the national clock. The dark quarter is November 4th to February 4th. The light quarter is May 4th to August 4th. Surely the change of clock should begin at the beginning of the increasing quarter, February 4th to May 4th, when it would be very nearly keeping pace with the
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